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We've compiled a list of 78 free and paid alternatives to MiddleMan. The primary competitors include WordPress, Drupal. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between MiddleMan and Ghost, Grav, pandoc. Also you can look at other similar options here: Development Tools.


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Build static websites with an easy-to-use framework

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MiddleMan Overview

Middleman is a static site generator using all the shortcuts and tools in modern web development. Check out middlemanapp.com for detailed tutorials, including a getting started guide. You can also follow @middlemanapp for updates.

Why Middleman?
The last few years have seen an explosion in the amount and variety of tools developers can use to build web applications. Ruby on Rails selects a handful of these tools:

• Sass for DRY stylesheets
• CoffeeScript for safer and less verbose javascript
• Multiple asset management solutions, including Sprockets
• ERb & Haml for dynamic pages and simplified HTML syntax

Middleman gives the stand-alone developer access to all these tools and many, many more. Why would you use a stand-alone framework instead of Ruby on Rails?

These days, many websites are built with an API in mind. Rather than package the frontend and the backend together, both can be built and deployed independently using the public API to pull data from the backend and display it on the frontend. Static websites are incredibly fast and require very little RAM. A front-end built to stand-alone can be deployed directly to the cloud or a CDN. Many designers and developers simply deliver static HTML/JS/CSS to their clients.

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